Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 | Rs 1.5 cr cash seized from motorbike rider in Nagpur

Nagpur: Police have detained a 42-year-old scooter rider after seizing Rs 1.5 crore cash from his possession in Maharashtra's Nagpur city, officials said on Thursday.

The Election Commission has been notified about it due to concerns that the money could be linked to electoral malpractices, ahead of the November 20 state assembly polls, they said.

The man, resident of Yashodhara Nagar, was stopped during a routine check in Central Avenue area on Wednesday night, an official from Tehsil police station said.

The security personnel found Rs 1.35 crore hidden in the motorbike's dickey and Rs 15 lakh in a bag the man was carrying, he said.

The man's vague responses during questioning raised further suspicion, the official said, adding the police were investigating whether the funds were connected to any illegal poll activity or money laundering.

Assembly Elections 2024 | The Maharashtra Assembly polls will take place against the backdrop of a fractured political landscape in the western state where the Shiv Sena and NCP will be going up against the Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar factions, even as the BJP and Congress try to make their mark. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, the JMM faces a new challenge after Hemant Soren's recent arrest and Champai, a longstanding party member, joining the BJP. The Haryana election resulted in a shock loss for Congress, which was looking to galvanize on the Lok Sabha poll performance, while J&K also saw the grand old party eventually stepping away from the cabinet, with Omar Abdullah's JKNC forming government. It remains to be seen if the upcoming polls help BJP cement its position further or provide a fillip to I.N.D.I.A. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.

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